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N.Y. Penal Law § 130.85 Female genital mutilation
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§ 130.85 Female genital mutilation. 1. A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when: (a) a person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not reached eighteen years of a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 130.90 Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance
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§ 130.90 Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance. A person is guilty of facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance when he or she: 1. knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance or any preparation, compound, mixture or substance that requi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 130.91 Sexually motivated felony
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§ 130.91 Sexually motivated felony. 1. A person commits a sexually motivated felony when he or she commits a specified offense for the purpose, in whole or substantial part, of his or her own direct sexual gratification. 2. A "specified offense" is a felony offense defined by any…
N.Y. Penal Law § 130.92 Sentencing
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§ 130.92 Sentencing. 1. When a person is convicted of a sexually motivated felony pursuant to this article, and the specified felony is a violent felony offense, as defined in section 70.02 of this chapter, the sexually motivated felony shall be deemed a violent felony offense. 2…
N.Y. Penal Law § 130.95 Predatory sexual assault
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§ 130.95 Predatory sexual assault. A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault when he or she commits the crime of rape in the first degree, a crime formerly defined in section 130.50 of this title, the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, or course of sexual …
N.Y. Penal Law § 130.96 Predatory sexual assault against a child
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§ 130.96 Predatory sexual assault against a child. A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she commits the crime of rape in the first degree, a crime formerly defined in section 130.50 of this title, the crime o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.00 Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference; definitions of terms
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§ 135.00 Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. "Restrain" means to restrict a person's movements intentionally and unlawfully in such manner as to interfere substantially wi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.05 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree
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§ 135.05 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree when he restrains another person. Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.10 Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
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§ 135.10 Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree. A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree when he restrains another person under circumstances which expose the latter to a risk of serious physical injury. Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a cl…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.15 Unlawful imprisonment; defense
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§ 135.15 Unlawful imprisonment; defense. In any prosecution for unlawful imprisonment, it is an affirmative defense that (a) the person restrained was a child less than sixteen years old, and (b) the defendant was a relative of such child, and (c) his sole purpose was to assume c…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.20 Kidnapping in the second degree
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§ 135.20 Kidnapping in the second degree. A person is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree when he abducts another person. Kidnapping in the second degree is a class B felony.
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.25 Kidnapping in the first degree
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§ 135.25 Kidnapping in the first degree. A person is guilty of kidnapping in the first degree when he abducts another person and when: 1. His intent is to compel a third person to pay or deliver money or property as ransom, or to engage in other particular conduct, or to refrain …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.30 Kidnapping; defense
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§ 135.30 Kidnapping; defense. In any prosecution for kidnapping, it is an affirmative defense that (a) the defendant was a relative of the person abducted, and (b) his sole purpose was to assume control of such person.
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.35 Labor trafficking
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§ 135.35 Labor trafficking. A person is guilty of labor trafficking if he or she compels or induces another to engage in labor or recruits, entices, harbors, or transports such other person by means of intentionally: 1. requiring that the labor be performed to retire, repay, or s…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.36 Labor trafficking; accomplice
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§ 135.36 Labor trafficking; accomplice. In a prosecution for labor trafficking, a person who has been compelled or induced or recruited, enticed, harbored or transported to engage in labor shall not be deemed to be an accomplice.
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.37 Aggravated labor trafficking
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§ 135.37 Aggravated labor trafficking. A person is guilty of aggravated labor trafficking if he or she compels or induces another to engage in labor or recruits, entices, harbors, or transports such other person to engage in labor by means of intentionally unlawfully providing a …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.45 Custodial interference in the second degree
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§ 135.45 Custodial interference in the second degree. A person is guilty of custodial interference in the second degree when: 1. Being a relative of a child less than sixteen years old, intending to hold such child permanently or for a protracted period, and knowing that he has n…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.50 Custodial interference in the first degree
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§ 135.50 Custodial interference in the first degree. A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits the crime of custodial interference in the second degree: 1. With intent to permanently remove the victim from this state, he removes such person …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.55 Substitution of children
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§ 135.55 Substitution of children. A person is guilty of substitution of children when, having been temporarily entrusted with a child less than one year old and intending to deceive a parent, guardian or other lawful custodian of such child, he substitutes, produces or returns t…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.60 Coercion in the third degree
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§ 135.60 Coercion in the third degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the third degree when he or she compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from engaging in, or to abstain from engaging in conduct in which he or she has …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.61 Coercion in the second degree
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§ 135.61 Coercion in the second degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the third degree as defined in section 135.60 of this article and thereby compels or induces a person to engage in vaginal sexual contact, o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.65 Coercion in the first degree
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§ 135.65 Coercion in the first degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the third degree, and when: 1. He or she commits such crime by instilling in the victim a fear that he or she will cause physical injury to a …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.70 Coercion; no defense
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§ 135.70 Coercion; no defense. The crimes of (a) coercion and attempt to commit coercion, and (b) bribe receiving by a labor official as defined in section 180.20, and bribe receiving as defined in section 200.05, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a prosecution …
N.Y. Penal Law § 135.75 Coercion; defense
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§ 135.75 Coercion; defense. In any prosecution for coercion committed by instilling in the victim a fear that he or another person would be charged with a crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed the threatened charge to be true and that his sole…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.00 Criminal trespass and burglary; definitions of terms
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§ 140.00 Criminal trespass and burglary; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. "Premises" includes the term "building," as defined herein, and any real property. 2. "Building," in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes any structur…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.05 Trespass
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§ 140.05. Trespass. A person is guilty of trespass when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises. Trespass is a violation.
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.10 Criminal trespass in the third degree
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§ 140.10 Criminal trespass in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building or upon real property (a) which is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders; or (…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.15 Criminal trespass in the second degree
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§ 140.15 Criminal trespass in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree when: 1. he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling; or 2. being a person required to maintain registration under article six-C of the correction law …
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.17 Criminal trespass in the first degree
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§ 140.17. Criminal trespass in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the first degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building, and when, in the course of committing such crime, he: 1. Possesses, or knows that another participant in the …
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.20 Burglary in the third degree
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§ 140.20 Burglary in the third degree. A person is guilty of burglary in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein. Burglary in the third degree is a class D felony.
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.25 Burglary in the second degree
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§ 140.25 Burglary in the second degree. A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein, and when: 1. In effecting entry or while in the building or in immediate flight therefro…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.30 Burglary in the first degree
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§ 140.30 Burglary in the first degree. A person is guilty of burglary in the first degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and when, in effecting entry or while in the dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, he…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.35 Possession of burglar's tools
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§ 140.35 Possession of burglar's tools. A person is guilty of possession of burglar's tools when he possesses any tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating offenses involving forcible entry into premises, or offenses invol…
N.Y. Penal Law § 140.40 Unlawful possession of radio devices
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§ 140.40 Unlawful possession of radio devices. As used in this section, the term "radio device" means any device capable of receiving a wireless voice transmission on any frequency allocated for police use, or any device capable of transmitting and receiving a wireless voice tran…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.00 Criminal mischief in the fourth degree
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§ 145.00 Criminal mischief in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the fourth degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she: 1. Intentionally damages property of another person; or 2. I…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.05 Criminal mischief in the third degree
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§ 145.05 Criminal mischief in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when, with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she: 1. damag…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree
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§ 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he damages property of an…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.12 Criminal mischief in the first degree
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§ 145.12 Criminal mischief in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the first degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he damages property of anot…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.13 Definitions
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§ 145.13 Definitions. For the purposes of sections 145.00, 145.05, 145.10 and 145.12 of this article: "Property of another" shall include all property in which another person has an ownership interest, whether or not a person who damages such property, or any other person, may al…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.14 Criminal tampering in the third degree
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§ 145.14 Criminal tampering in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the third degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he tampers with property of another person with intent to cause substantial in…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.15 Criminal tampering in the second degree
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§ 145.15 Criminal tampering in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the second degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he or she tampers or makes connection with property of a gas, electric, sewe…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree
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§ 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the first degree when, with intent to cause a substantial interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.22 Cemetery desecration in the second degree
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§ 145.22 Cemetery desecration in the second degree. A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the second degree when: (a) with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he damages any…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.23 Cemetery desecration in the first degree
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§ 145.23 Cemetery desecration in the first degree. A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the first degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he: (a) damages any r…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.25 Reckless endangerment of property
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§ 145.25 Reckless endangerment of property. A person is guilty of reckless endangerment of property when he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of damage to the property of another person in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars. Reckless endang…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.26 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree
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§ 145.26 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree. A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she opens a casket, crypt, or similar…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.27 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree
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§ 145.27 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree. A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree when such person commits the crime of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and has been previously convicted within the past fiv…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.30 Unlawfully posting advertisements
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§ 145.30 Unlawfully posting advertisements. 1. A person is guilty of unlawfully posting advertisements when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he posts, paints or otherwise affixes to the property of another person any advertise…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.35 Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined
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§ 145.35 Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined. For the purposes of sections 145.40 and 145.45 of this article, "consumer product" means any drug, food, beverage or thing which is displayed or offered for sale to the public, for administration into or ingest…
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.40 Tampering with a consumer product in the second degree
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§ 145.40 Tampering with a consumer product in the second degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a consumer product in the second degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, and with intent to cause physical injury to an…